What are the important events that happened on November 28? Here are historical events, facts, and some myths about this day.

November 28: Facts & Myths About This Day

November 28 is the 332^nd day of the year 2025 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 33 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Friday.

Under the Julian calendar, this day is November 15, 2025 – a Friday. Both day of the week are the same but did you notice the difference with the Gregorian calendar?

When this day started, 490,080 hours has elapsed since midnight of January 1, 1970 – the Unix epoch.

Strange as it may, if we name this day after a polygon then it will be called ‘trihectatriacontadigon’ day.

Sagittarius is the zodiac sign of a person born on this day. Topaz is the modern birthstone for this month. Pearl is the mystical birthstone from Tibetan origin that dates back over a thousand years.

According to the lunisolar Chinese calendar, there are 81 days remaining before the start of the next Chinese New Year.

The ancient Maya civilization believes that the end of the world will happen on December 21, 2012. There are now 4,725 days since this fabled cataclysmic event.

November 28 Historical Events

• 1443 –
  Skanderbeg and his forces liberate Kruja in Middle Albania and raise the Albanian flag.
• 1785 –
  The Treaty of Hopewell is signed.
• 1843 –
  Ka Lā Hui: Hawaiian Independence Day – The Kingdom of Hawaii is officially recognized by the United Kingdom and France as an independent nation.
• 1907 –
  In Haverhill, Massachusetts, scrap-metal dealer Louis B. Mayer opens his first movie theater.
• 1909 –
  Sergei Rachmaninoff makes the debut performance of his Piano Concerto No. 3, considered to be one of the most technically challenging piano concertos in the standard classical repertoire.
• 1920 –
  Irish War of Independence: Kilmichael Ambush - The Irish Republican Army ambush a convoy of British Auxiliaries and kill seventeen.
• 1942 –
  In Boston, Massachusetts, a fire in the Cocoanut Grove nightclub kills 491 people.
• 1971 –
  Fred Quilt, a leader of the Tsilhqot'in First Nation is severely beaten by Royal Canadian Mounted Police officers; he dies two days later.
• 1972 –
  Last executions in Paris, of the Clairvaux Mutineers, Roger Bontems and Claude Buffet, guillotined at La Sante Prison. (Bontems had been found innocent of murder by the court, but as Buffet’s accomplice is condemned to death anyway.) The chief executioner is Andre Obrecht.
• 2002 –
  Suicide bombers blow up an Israeli-owned hotel in Mombasa, Kenya; their colleagues fail in their attempt to bring down Arkia Israel Airlines Flight 582 with surface-to-air-missiles.

Who were born on November 28?

• 1829 –
  Anton Rubinstein, Russian composer (d. 1894)
• 1880 –
  Alexander Blok, Russian poet (d. 1921)
• 1904 –
  James Eastland, American politician (d. 1986)
• 1906 –
  Emmanuel Kriaras, Greek philologist and lexicographer
• 1908 –
  Adekunle Ajasin, Nigerian politician (d. 1997)
• 1927 –
  Chuck Mitchell, American actor (d. 1992)
• 1928 –
  John Coleman, Australian rules footballer (d. 1973)
• 1947 –
  Maria Farantouri, Greek singer
• 1967 –
  Stephnie Weir, American comedian
• 1971 –
  Rob Conway, American professional wrestler

Who died on November 28?

• 1262 –
  Shinran, Japanese religious leader (b. 1173)
• 1585 –
  Hernando Franco, Spanish composer (b. 1532)
• 1698 –
  Louis de Buade de Frontenac, Governor of New France (b. 1622)
• 1794 –
  Friedrich Wilhelm von Steuben, Prussian army officer (b. 1730)
• 1939 –
  James Naismith, Canadian creator of basketball (b. 1861)
• 1947 –
  Philippe Leclerc de Hauteclocque, French general (b. 1902)
• 2006 –
  Lyubov Polishchuk, Russian actress (b. 1949)
• 2007 –
  Gudrun Wagner, co-director of the Bayreuth Festival (b. 1944)
• 2009 –
  Takeo Kajiwara, Japanese Go player (b. 1923)
• 2011 –
  Patrice O'Neal, American stand-up comedian (b. 1969)